Regulation Recap

Princeton appeared to be headed to the ECAC Tournament final, up 3-1 against Cornell with less than 3 minutes to play in regulation. But the Big Red would not go away. First, it was Barlow scoring a four-on-four goal to bring Cornell within 1. Then, with only 24.5 seconds remaining, Riley Nash, Cornell's star center who had been neutralized for much of the game, banged home a loose puck to tie the score 3-3 and send the game to overtime.

At times, the game had a lackadaisical feel until the closing minutes. Both teams struggled to establish any consistency in the offensive zone. The first goal of the game, from Princeton's Sam Sabky, came off a rebound. Cornell's first goal,from Tyler Mungford, was almost a mirror image, coming off a stick side rebound as well. 

Princeton's second goal was scored on an excellent play be Dan Bartlett. The junior center streaked up the left side of the goal, went around the goal causing Scrivens to lose his balance, and punching the puck in to give Princeton a 2-1 edge. Then it was MacIntyre, coming in from the right side and chipping the puck over Scrivens to give Princeton a 3-1 edge in the third period. At that point, it looked like the Tigers had a berth in the finals locked up, with ECAC player of the year Zane Kalemba only needing to hold off the Big Red for a few more minutes to end the game. It was not to be, as Cornell stormed back to force overtime.

After coming so close to winning, the Tigers will need to turn things around quickly if they want to return to the ECAC final. The opening minute of overtime will be crucial for Princeton to show that it is not reeling after Cornell's late game heroics.

The two teams will play twenty-minute periods of sudden death overtime until one team scores a goal. The next team to score will win the game and earn a spot in the ECAC Tournament final, tomorrow night against Yale.